Text -- Judges 13:1-4 (NET)

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years. 13:2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. 13:3 The Lord’s angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son. 13:4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jdg 13:1

¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

NET Notes: Jdg 13:2

¹ tn Heb “and had not given birth.”

NET Notes: Jdg 13:3

¹ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

² tn Heb “Look, you.”

³ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

NET Notes: Jdg 13:4

¹ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”